[oe] [RFC] policy about nonworking recipes

[Philip Balister]

Koen Kooi wrote:
> On 21-05-09 22:20, Rolf Leggewie wrote:
> 
>> I think that, eventually, "bitbake world" should be working again and
>> usable as a test case.
> 
> A laudable goal...
> 
>> I suggest to use COMPATIBLE_MACHINE because I
>> assume that to be the more common issue.
> 
> NAK, we have a perfectly good EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1" for that, which 
> is already used in lots (well, 23) recipes and classes.

Good point, after thinking about the COMPATIBLE_MACHINE idea, I was 
thinking it would also need to be paired with COMPATIBLE_DISTRO also. 
Using the existing EXCLUDE_WORLD would be simpler solution in my mind.

I'm still interested in what other people think.

Philip
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